ROZENBERG [ROSENBERG], YEHUDAH YUDLMIKVEH [MIKVAH] YEHUDAH : ? LAASOT BE-KHOL BAYIT MIKVEH KATAN ... Toronto: [The Author?], 1913. 1st edition. Original paper wrappers, 12mo, 31 pages. Includes facsimile ; 18 cm. Title translates into English as "Mikveh Yehudah: To carry out in every Mikveh Katan..." The first non-liturgical Hebrew book published only in Canada (a Hebrew title, Derekh ha-shalom, published in both Toronto and New York appeared in 1910; Congregation Shearith Israel in Montreal published an order of prayer booklet in 1890 for the opening of a new Shul) . Instructions on building a home-mikveh. In Hebrew and Yiddish. Friedberg, Mem-3382. Rabbi Rosenberg believed that there was no halachic barrier to using city water to build a small mikvah in one?s own home. This was also the opinion of Rabbi P. Horenblass of Warsaw in his approbation (dated 1913) , a facsimile of which is included in the book. Rabbi Horenblass states that this idea should not be considered a reform, warning that ?You should ignore the ?Lashon Hara? of ignorant lightheaded people who learn only to insult the real Talmidei Chachamim of this generation. ? Rabbi David Miller of Oakland espoused a similar point of view, though this view was not well received in Orthodox circles. Nevertheless, it would have been an important tool in small Jewish communities in Canada and the American West at the time. Rabbi Rosenberg arrived in Toronto in 1913 and move to Montreal in 1919. For a biography and appreciate of Rabbi Rosenberg?s personality, see N. Baumol, ?Harav Yehudah (Yudel) Rosenberg, ? in Yovel Buch Talmud Torah Eitz Chaim, page 104-119. Probably published and distributed by Rabbi Rosenberg himself, as it includes his stamp on the final page. SUBJECT(S) Mikveh. OCLC lists 9 copies worldwide (incorrectly dated as 1900) , none in Canada. Corner and edge wear, no text affected, clear tape repairs to spine and some pages, Good Condition thus. Scarce and important. (KH-6-15)

Rolleston, T. W. (Richard Wagner)The Tale of Lohengrin, Knight of the Swan, G. G. Harrap & Co. n.d. (1913), London - 4to. Illustrated throughout in both black and white and color by Pogany. This copy bound in the somewhat scarce publisher's brown leather, spine intricately gilt and with the title and illustration on the upper board, as in the more common vellum and morocco bindings. Illustrated endpapers. Top edge gilt.Light wear to the inner hinges else this is a fine copy with only a trace of sunning to the spine.One of 525 copies signed by Pogany, of which this is number 272.Lohengrin comes to us courtesy of Wolfram von Eschenbach, where is is described as the son of Sir Perceval (Parzifal). When Parzifal becomes the Grail King, Lohengrin becomes the Grail Knight, and his twin inherits Parzifal's secular lands. [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

London, JackThe Valley of the Moon Macmillan, 1913 A fine first edition in a good and very rare dust jacket with large chip from top of spine. Published October, 1913, on copyright page. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase. Jack London first editions in dust jacket from this period are very scarce.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Good.

Floyd, AndressMy Monks of Vagabondia Self Master Press, Union, New Jersey 1913 - Book condition: good, very scarce signed copy, fascinating story of the unique individual who, along with his wife, founded the Self Master Village which, over a period of 30 years, welcomed 100,000 homeless men, book is inscribed and signed by Floyd, this writing has bled through to the other side of the first chapter title page, 12 stories, boards are bumped on corners and show a few scratches, spine is well rubbed, edges rubbed, interior very clean with only minor spots and no tears, binding tight, 5.5 X 7.25, * Postage for oversized and international shipping will be calculated by size and weight. AbeBooks shipping quotes are ESTIMATES only. If actual shipping cost is less than the AbeBooks estimate, it is our practice to REFUND the difference to the buyer. * NOAMZ [Attributes: First Edition; Signed Copy; Hard Cover]

1911 Sketches of Klondike Life Dawson [cover title] Hardcover. Very Good. narrow oblong quarto, photograph album, containing 76 black and white snapshots, mounted on 26 black paper leaves, rectos only, bound in an elaborate and unusual fringed deerskin binding, title and border burnt into front and rear boards, in very good condition. The images depict the family life of a prosperous Dawson family, and views in Dawson, steamers and other boats on the Klondike River, and scenes of hiking and fishing in the hills and mountains around Dawson. There are a number of views of the Cascade Laundry in Dawson. We speculate that the album may have been kept by William "Billy" Johnson, the proprietor of the Cascade Laundry, a steam laundry. There are also photographs of Johnson, his wife and young child, in and around their Dawson home. William Johnson was involved in financing several fellow Klondikers who discovered new placer gold streams at Shushanna, (Chisana) Alaska at the head of Tanana River, called Discovery Creek. The claim was discovered by Fred Best, Billy James and Ed Nelson. Johnson staked James and Nelson. This discovery was heralded as a new "Eldorado" in the San Francisco Call, Volume 114, Number 51, 21 July 1913. It was the last great gold rush in Alaska and thousands of stampeders rushed into the area - but the boom was short lived. The Cascade Laundry remained in Dawson until 1942-1943, when it was dismantled and removed to Whitehorse, due to the declining economic prospects of Dawson.

Freud, SigmundThe Interpretation of Dreams New York: The Macmillan Company, 1913. First American Edition, Third Pr. Hardcover. Good. First English language Edition, Third Printing; translated into English from the third German edition. Good, cloth frayed at head with a 1.25-inch split at the top of the front joint, spine toned, corners bumped, scrape to fore-edge of page block, previous owner bookplate, rubber address stamp twice and details to prelims, joint exposure at half title page and several other places throughout, early pages marked with pencil, pages toned. Good.

[CROWLEY, Aleister] E G O [Gwendolin Otter]The Writing on the Ground. London: Published for the Author,, [1913]. Single leaf folded to make four leaves. Folded for mailing, and with some minor splitting to the folds. Single authorial correction. Very good. First edition, first printing. With Crowley's signed presentation inscription, "To Edward W. Titus in sympathetic vision a relic of great days Aleister Crowley 22.1.27 E.V." Titus was the proprietor of the Black Mannequin Press which would published Crowley's translation of Baudelaire's Little Poems in Prose in 1928. Titus had a spectacular book collection which included a full set of corrected proof sheets for Joyce's Ulysses. His Crowley holdings were also remarkable. This little pamphlet prints two Crowley pieces including A Galahad in Gomorrah his 1896 review of a little book of Alfred Douglas' verse. It was considered liabelous and was omitted from reprints of this pamphlet. Rare.

Griffith, D.W. (director); G.W. Bitzer (cinematographer); Claire McDowellDrink's Lure (Original poster for the 1913 short film) Los Angeles, CA: Biograph Company, 1913. Vintage one sheet poster for the 1913 silent short film, directed by D.W. Griffith.Wonderfully subtle illustrated poster, excessively rare, for a 17-minute short, shot in New York, educational in nature but designed to be viewed by adults. "Drink's Lure" was one of the earliest films to address the subject of alcoholism: the addiction, its effect on the victim and his family, and the attempted reformation. Shot at Biograph studios, photographed by the legendary G.W. "Billy" Bitzer, the cinematographer on Griffith's most legendary films.Leading lady Claire McDowell would become a top character actress for MGM and be featured in such epics as "The Big Parade" and "Ben-Hur." 27.75 x 40.5 inches (70 x 103 cm). Near Fine, on archival linen, rolled.

Luttman-Johnson, Colonel FRecord of Services of the 3rd Battalion The Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment in the South African War 1900, 1901, 1902 (Royal Canadians) Army and Navy Co-Operative Socy 1913 - 148pp, 4 maps (2 folding), 18 plates, original green cloth, gilt, cloth has a slightly mottled appearance possibly from damp in the past, contents fine with no foxing, annotations or other marks. Faint previous owners name on the blank end-page. Very good condition and very scarce. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

Briggs; Nesbit, Wilbur D.Oh Skin-nay! The Days of Real Sport P.F.VOLLAND & CO, CHICAGO 1913 - illustrations primarily black and white with pink skin tone, preserved in original box, lips of box damaged, princeton antiques book plate on inside of front cover, pages clean, A witty look at American children's activities by Briggs, who was a friend and former schoolmate of Norman Rockwell in New York & the creator of "MR AND MRS", a cartoon that ran in newspapers for many years. Each 2-colorcartoon is aptly accompanied by a short verse by Nesbit. DATE PUBLISHED: 1913 EDITION: UNPAGINATED [Attributes: Hard Cover]

CHURCHILL, Winston S[pencer], [Sir] (1874-1965) Irish Home Rule, together with The Liberal Government and Naval Policy. Speeches delivered by the Rt.Hon.Winston Churchill, M.P., First Lord of The Admiralty (March 1912). London: The Liberal Publication Department. 1913. FIRST EDITIONS. Two rare pamphlets. Bound in an annual volume of similar works entitled 'Publications for the Year', with new general title page, in publisher's utitlity binding of quarter green morocco over boards, titled in gilt to spine, t.e.g. Shows some light wear only. Complete with eighteen other speeches on subjects including Home Rule, Free Trade, The House of Lords, and International Relations and Armaments. Includes speeches by Asquith and Lloyd George, a folding colour map of Ulster and a collection of Liberal leaflets. Irish Home Rule with front and rear cover bound in; 16pp: The Liberal Government with both covers bound in; 24pp. Scarce first publications of two seminal Churchill speeches; the former being is Churchill's controversial speech in Belfast supporting Irish Home Rule; the latter being his speech to the Commons (his debut address as First Lord of the Admiralty) introducing the Navy budget and setting British strategy to counter Germany in the naval arms race. These two orations items from Churchill's early political career are bound with contemporary speeches which show them in context with other pressing issues of the period;.

FUTRELLE, Jacques.My Lady's Garter. London; Hodder and Stoughton. n.d. [1913] - First edition. 8vo. Publisher's slate blue cloth titled and extravagantly decorated in gilt, dark blue and white. Clean, tight and sharp, minor bumping to extremities and with very slight edgewear, near fine. In a very near fine example of the scarce dustwrapper; bright, sharp and clean with one tiny triangle of loss to the head of the spine. Internally clean. A very handsome copy, scarce in this condition. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

Rothenstein, WilliamAlice Rothenstein. Original pencil drawing ca. 1913. Very Good. English artist, Sir William Rothenstein (1872 - 1945), was highly regarded for his portraits of authors, royalty, and other famous persons. He was also an official war artist during both world wars and served as the Principal of the Royal College of Art between the wars. This is a lovely pencil drawing on paper of the artist's wife, Alice, that was done as a study for the double portrait of her and Eric Gill now at the National Portrait Gallery in London. The drawing is from the collection of the Rothensteins' daughter, Betty Holiday. The study measures 26.4 x 18.5 cm. In very good condition with slight aging to margins and a pencil smudge along the hem of Alice's dress, neither affecting the image. A few pencil marks on the verso, possibly by artist practicing pencil strokes. In an archival mat and protected by sheet of tissue paper. ORIG/071216.

Collection of Eugene Orflinger, Automobile Parts Supplier, 1913-1915 (21 items) The 21 letters reflect the age of the vintage automobile. Several things are evident from these letters: (1) Each corporation was both aggressive but attempting to emphasize public service even when the customer (as is evident from the correspondent Mr. Dorflinger) in their eagerness to promote sales; (2) Many of these corporations were either very new or had already undergone corporate changes in their history. As an example, Stewart-Warner Speedometer Corporation (see letter of June 15, 1913) had just ended a legal battle in 1912 when they acquired the Warner Corporation and controlled their patents; (3) In this era before the assembly line, parts were produced in very small quantities ranging from a few hundred to upward of a thousand. Consequently, once the stock was over, the parts had to be manufactured anew or else a modification of the existing part.

Stockley,Col V M Big Game Shooting in India, Burma, and Somaliland London: Horace Cox, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. VG+ to near Fine. 282 pp, ill. Deco end papers. Himalayan brown bear, ibex, buffalo, tiger. Asia and Africa hunting. Very popular when it was issued and now rather scarce. VG+ to near fine in original imitation crocodile patterned gilt and deco cloth, beveled boards, excellent reading. All Stockley books are popular and collectible.

BAEDEKER, Karl.Russland ,St. Petersburg und Umgebung. Leipzig Karl Baedeker 1913 - Second edition, pp xx, 134, 5 maps, 11 plans, 4 ground-plans, one map detached, publisher's red cloth gilt, with original buff-coloured printed dust-wrapper, torn at edges; a very good copy. This is the second and last of the two editions. This title was only published in German and contains a description of a new arrangement of paintings at the Hermitage which was completed in 1913. Very scarce especially with a dust-wrapper. Hinrichsen D465. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

Chesterton, G. K. (Introduction)Famous Paintings Selected from the World's Great Galleries and Reproduced in Colour Funk & Wagnalls, New York, NY 1913 - DJ's have extensive wear, edge tears. Glue residue on one DJ. Both DJ's are in mylar covers for protection. Books are oversized. Quarter-bound in leather, with leather corner tips. Rubbed on the bottom edge of leather tips and frayed at corner tips on both volumes. Vol. II has chipping to leather at the top of spine. Covers are clean, blue with gold embellishment. Not ex-lib. Solid hinges. Light foxing on endpapers, page edges. Color plates are tipped-in. Foxing is on the bound in pages but does not appear to affect the plates. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

Frost, RobertA Boy's Will David Nutt, London (1913) - First edition, first issue, first binding (A), of Frost's first published book. Original bronze pebble grain cloth, lettered in gilt, a few minor spots of staining and rubbing else a near fine, solid copy - housed in custom folding case. I Vow to Thee, My Country (British song based on a poem by Sir Cecil Spring Rice circa 1921) written on rear end papers in contemporary hand - presumably a very patriotic, poetry loving Englishman. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

Feldmann, Joshua aka Rabbi Binyamin, 1880-1957.The Yemenite Jews W. Speaight & Sons. Published on behalf of the Head Office of the Jewish National Fund 33, Neumarkt, Cologne, London, England 1913 - With photographs. Rusty staple removed. Booklet's pages are of good quality paper but the wrappers, detached, are not rag paper. Contents: Preface. Historical survey. The condition of the Jews in Yemen. The importance of the Yemenite Jews for the development of Palestine.The housing question. Appendix: The Jewish national fund. [Attributes: Soft Cover]